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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Bringקְחוּmeלִיa newחֲדָשָׁהbowlצְלֹחִיתand putוְשִׂימוּsaltמֶלַחin it.”שָׁםSo they brought itוַיִּקְחוּto him.אֵלָיו
2 Kings 2:20
Study it in the app“He said, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:20, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Bringקְחוּkechu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechu” appears- a newחֲדָשָׁהchadasha
new
New.
Where else “chadasha” appears- bowlצְלֹחִיתtselochit
bowl, jar
A small vessel, a bowl or flask. It occurs only in 2 Kings 2:20.
Where else “tselochit” appears- and putשִׂימוּsimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “simu” appears- saltמֶלַחmelach
salt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appears
The context
19The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, please, the site of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land causes miscarriage.”
20 · This verse (above)
21He went out to the spring of the water and threw salt into it and said, “Thus says YHWH, ‘I have healed this water; from there there will no longer be death or miscarriage.’”